17After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,ⁱ where there was a Jewish synagogue. ²As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^j ³explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”^k ⁴Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.^l

RIOT IN THE CITY

⁵But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.^m ⁶When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too, ⁷and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees,ⁿ saying that there is another king—Jesus.”^o ⁸The crowd and city officials who heard these things were upset. ⁹After taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.

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Cross references

i Ac 20:4; Php 4:16; 1Th 1:1; 2Tm 4:10
j Ac 8:35; 9:20; 13:13–14
k Lk 24:26; Jn 20:9; Ac 3:18; 9:22; 18:28
l Jn 7:35; Ac 14:4; 15:22
m Ac 17:13; Rm 16:21; 1Th 2:14–16
n Lk 2:1; Rm 1:32; Eph 2:15
o Lk 23:2; Jn 19:12